MIL-STD-1623 Fire Performance Requirements And Approved Specifications For Interior Finish Materials And Furnishings Naval Shipboard UseThis design criteria standard provides fire performance requirements and approved specifications for various categories of interior finish materials and furnishings for use on Naval surface ship and submarines.

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5.2  Fire test provisions.

5.2.1  Responsibility for testing.  Unless otherwise required in the applicable material specification, the manufacturer is responsible for conducting fire tests as specified herein.  All tests specified in this document shall be conducted by an independent testing laboratory that is accredited to ISO/IEC 17025 or equivalent procedure. Accreditation shall be obtained from a recognized accreditation body such as American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) or International Code Council's International Accreditation Services (IAS).  The scope of accreditation shall include specific flammability and fire tests required for qualification.  The Government reserves

the right to witness the tests, and/or perform any of the tests set forth herein where such testing is deemed necessary to assure compliance to prescribed requirements.

5.2.2  Methods of testing.  Fire tests shall be conducted on materials as specified in table I and the notes therein.  All fire test procedures shall be in accordance with prescribed standards and test methods and, unless otherwise specified herein, no less than three specimens shall be tested on material of the same lot with results averaged (arithmetic means).  Tests as listed in table II shall apply.

TABLE II.  Fire tests.

*        A minimum of five specimens from each of the warp and fill directions on materials of the same lot shall be tested and their results averaged (arithmetic mean).

**     Only one specimen.

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